Chapter 68: The Attack of the Elite Cavalry (Part II)
Although Zhang Meng's voice was very loud, it seemed so small in front of the sound of thousands of galloping horses; Qin Shuang drove his horse beside Li Zhi to follow, looked at Wang Xu's military formation in front of him, and said loudly: "General, they seem to know that we are coming to rob the camp, and now they have set up a formation, and there is a small general in front of the military formation to challenge our army." Li Zhihu's eyes widened, and he roared: "They sent a small general to challenge our army in front of the army formation just to slow down our army's offensive edge, how can such a small trick hide from me; Qin Shuang, don't stop at this moment, give the order, the army sped up, rushed across the enemy formation, and attacked Wang Xu's central army's tent."
The fifteen thousand elite horsemen got closer and closer to the military formation, and instead of trying to stop, they accelerated their speed.
Two hundred meters, one hundred meters, fifty meters
"All archers shoot two rounds on their backs and release their arrows". "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!".
When the cavalry was still fifty meters away from the military formation, Sun Yu gave an order, and two thousand archers bent their bows and arrows at 45 degrees and shot upwards into the air, the nemesis of the cavalry was the bow and spear, the bow and arrow could kill the enemy and a hundred paces away, and the spear had the effect of resisting the enemy's war horse. "Poof!" "Poof!" "Poof!". Two thousand arrow feathers fell at the same time, hundreds of elite cavalry were shot over on the spot, the war horse fell to the ground, and the roar kept remembering; A number of horsemen on their heels stumbled and stumbled, but this was only a minor episode, insignificant to the fifteen thousand soldiers, and they were immediately regained their formation, and did not hinder the advance of the cavalry in the slightest.
Fifty meters was too fast for a lightning-fast cavalry, and in the blink of an eye, the two armies collided. The first person to come into contact with the enemy was Zhang Meng, who was standing in front of the military formation.
"Dead" Zhang Meng's blood surged, and his eyes were hideous; did not retreat, but advanced, and rushed towards the enemy with a hammer; As soon as they collided, the heads of the two war horses burst instantly under the hammer, and the horses let out a mournful roar.
"Pikeman, kill".
Wang Xu's army used spears, and Li Zhi's cavalry also used spears, and both sides were soldiers using spears. The spear has a length of one zhang, that is, about three meters; The cavalry can easily kill the infantry, but the infantry cannot, Li Zhijun only has the height of the war horse is more than five feet high, and the height of the soldier sitting on the horse is eight feet, under the gallop of the war horse, the first row in front of Wang Xujun's army formation, the first reaction of the soldiers and the cavalry when they collide is to resist the galloping war horse and avoid being knocked away.
"Kill!" Whether it was Wang Xujun's soldiers or Li Zhi's fifteen thousand elite cavalry, they all shouted loudly with hideous expressions. There is no luck on the battlefield, life and death are all in an instant, no one will relax their spirits, and everyone is tense up, wanting to kill the enemy in front of them in one fell swoop. "Ding Ding Ding ......".
The spear of the elite knight soldier stabbed into Wang Xujun's armor, making a tinkling sound. At the same time, the soldiers in the front row of Wang Xujun's spears also pierced out and poked at the body of the flying war horse, the fifteen thousand elite cavalry were all light cavalry, the war horse was not equipped with armor, and the sharp tip of the spear easily poked into the flesh and blood of the war horse, making a popping sound.
There was only one collision, and the disadvantage of the spear phalanx under Wang Xujun's command was fully revealed; The power of the war horse to run with all its strength is beyond the power of manpower.
"Ahh
The cavalry spears pierced the armor, and the soldiers whose spears poked the flesh and blood roared loudly, their faces hideous.
"Puff puff".
At the same time that the first platoon of pikemen fell, the second platoon immediately replenished and stabbed the spears into the bodies of the horses, and scarlet blood gushed out; The horse roared in pain and fell to the ground. "Kill".
Li Zhi took the lead, pulled the reins, and the war horse under the seat jumped high and rushed into the phalanx. "Brothers, do not stop, kill in." Li Zhi's biggest worry now is not the combat power of the elite cavalry, but the inability of the cavalry in the front row to break through the barrier of the spear phalanx, so that the cavalry in the later part has to stop, if that is the case, it will be troublesome; Once the speed slows down, the combat power of the cavalry will drop by at least 30%. "Kill".
The power of the war cavalry was enough to destroy everything, and the phalanx of spears was instantly crushed after holding out for less than a minute; Thousands of elite horsemen galloped into the phalanx of pikes and fought the pikemen. "Brothers, don't fall in love with the war, continue to rush forward" Li Zhi roared, the long knife opened the way, and rushed behind the spear phalanx.
When the thousands of soldiers who followed Li Zhi heard the order, they gave up their plans to fight with the enemy in front of them, patted the horse's belly, and galloped forward with Li Zhi; And as soon as these thousands of soldiers advanced, the later cavalry came into play, breaking through the pike-phalanx and joining the battle circle.
"Lord, don't let them advance anymore, my subordinates suggest that three thousand sword and shield men join the battle to block the enemy's advance" Sun Yu's reaction was not slow, and he saw the battle situation very clearly, once the enemy's cavalry all rushed into the battlefield, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Although Wang Xu didn't know how to soldier, he could see from Sun Yu's anxious appearance, without any hesitation, the long sword was out of the body, and he roared: "The sword and shield hand fights."
As soon as the sword and shield men joined the battlefield, Li Zhi's elite cavalry was blocked in the spear formation and could not rush out for the time being, so he could only slow down and fight with the enemy.
"Kill". A pikeman raised his spear sideways and stabbed it into the back of the soldier sitting on his horse, and the soldier immediately bled and stained his back red, and the pain was unbearable and he fell off his horse in an instant. "Dead open".
Although the way was blocked by three thousand sword and shield men, Li Zhi still desperately opened the way, Li Zhi knew very well in his heart that only when all the cavalry coming from behind were put into battle, could the power of the cavalry be brought into full play.
"Bang bang bang".
Zhang Meng was the fiercest in the entire battlefield, and every time he smashed down with a hammer, a fine horse fell, or a soldier or a war horse; Flesh and blood flying, brains splattering; Zhang Meng's position was outside the spear array, and the cavalry rushing from behind would meet Zhang Meng at the first time; Zhang Meng's strength was already huge, coupled with the momentum of the speeding cavalry, under this collision, often hundreds of catties of war horses were smashed by the hammer and flew backwards.
"Lord, the one wearing the red cloak should be the commander of the enemy army, as long as he is subdued, he should be able to relieve the crisis of our army" Sun Yu pointed his spear at Li Zhi, who was killing in the spear formation, and said.
Wang Xu nodded, since ancient times, it has been the first to capture the thief and capture the king, as long as the enemy commander is taken, even if the enemy army will not surrender because of this, it will be demoralized.
"That kid has good martial arts, who can capture him?"
There are a total of five captains beside Wang Xu, but none of them are invited to fight, and the enemy commander is not easy to provoke at first glance, and no one wants to send him to death in vain.
"Lord, Sun Yu please fight!".
Wang Xu waved his hand and refused: "You can't go, the army still needs your command."